Wildlife of Madagascar (eBook)

Ken Behrens, Keith Barnes (Autoren)

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2016
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
9781400880676 (ISBN)

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Ken Behrens is a naturalist and photographer who lives in Madagascar and works as a guide for Tropical Birding, a birdwatching, wildlife, and photography tour operator. Keith Barnes, a native of South Africa, is a founder and director of Tropical Birding. He holds a PhD from the Percy FitzPatrick Institute in African Ornithology at the University of Cape Town. Behrens and Barnes are also the authors of Birds of Kruger National Park (Princeton WILDGuides), Birding Ethiopia and Wild Rwanda.

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The most comprehensive single-volume field guide to Madagascar's wildlifeThe Indian Ocean island of Madagascar is one of the world's great natural treasures and ecotourism destinations. Despite being an island, it is home to nearly an entire continent's variety of species, from the famous lemurs to a profusion of bizarre and beautiful birds, reptiles and amphibians. Wildlife of Madagascar is a compact and beautifully illustrated photographic guide, and an essential companion for any visitor or resident. With an eye-catching design, authoritative and accessible text and easy-to-use format, it provides information on identification, distribution, habitat, behaviour, biology and conservation for all the mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and butterflies likely to be seen.The most comprehensive single-volume field guide to Madagascar's wildlifeAttractive layout features more than 900 stunning colour photographsCovers the mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and butterflies, and some of the other invertebrates and plants, most likely to be seenProvides key information about identification, distribution, habitat, behaviour and conservationIntroductory sections provide background information on Madagascar and its unique environments

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.10.2016
• Reihe/Serie: WILDGuides
• Reihe/Serie: WILDGuides
• Reihe/Serie: Wildlife Explorer Guides
• Reihe/Serie: Wildlife Explorer Guides
• Zusatzinfo: 907 color photos. 382 maps.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Amber Mountain rock thrush • American kestrel • Amphibian • Arthropod • Asian house shrew • Asity • Aye-Aye • Bamboo lemur • Barn Owl • Benson's rock thrush • Black rat • Boidae • Brookesia • Brookesia minima • Brown mesite • brown rat • brown tree snake • Caruncle (bird anatomy) • Caspian tern • Cattle Egret • Collared nightjar • Common jery • Common myna • Coua • Crested coua • Dry season • Dwarf lemur • Eastern woolly lemur • Egret • Elephant bird • Feral Pigeon • forest floor • Forest rock thrush • Fulvous whistling duck • Gallery forest • Giant coua • Golden-brown mouse lemur • Golden mantella • Greater crested tern • Greater dwarf lemur • Greater vasa parrot • Grey heron • Helmetshrike • Heron • hoopoe • Hoplobatrachus tigerinus • House crow • Indri • insect • Invertebrate • lemur • Lemuridae • Lesser sand plover • Lesser vasa parrot • Mabuya • Madame Berthe's mouse lemur • Mammal • Mantella • Mascarene martin • Megabat • Mesite • Milne-Edwards' sifaka • Mouse lemur • Newtonia (bird) • nightjar • nosy be • Opluridae • Oplurus cuvieri • Pandanus • Panther chameleon • Parson's chameleon • perch • plumage • Pratincole • Pteropus • Pygmy hippopotamus • Radiated tortoise • Rainforest • Rand's warbler • Red ruffed lemur • Reptile • rodent • sandpiper • Seychelles • Sifaka • Skink • Small Indian civet • Small-toothed sportive lemur • Sportive lemur • Striated heron • Subdesert brush warbler • SVL • Tenrec • Tit (bird) • Toliara • Uroplatus • Uroplatus phantasticus • Vegetation • White-faced whistling duck • Woolly lemur
• ISBN-13: 9781400880676 / 9781400880676